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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest and economist Jericho Hill returns to once again talk economic numbers and headlines, this time discussion the CPI reports and what that means regarding employment numbers, inflation, and the state of the economy. Jericho breaks down how this is one of the most interesting, unique, and complicated economic times we've ever seen, how to discern all the numbe...

Heard Tell for February 14th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need about the most popular, best polling candidate of each and every election cycle, the "generic" party poll. We get into why this usually helpful tool is misused in the news cycle, not to properly applied the polls about "generic" Democrats and Republics, and how to b...

Guest Josh Buckhalter returns to the program to talk about the NFL's latest twin scandals of race and gambling, how the Brian Flores situation and lawsuit brought attention to both long-running issues, and where the league that is not just a sport but a cultural behemoth goes from here. Josh talks about how when your sport is a multi-billion dollar business that is the most popular TV show on...

Heard Tell for February 11th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need regarding harm reduction programs and the viral outrage at a grant program that is being reported as the Biden Administration buying and distributing "crack pipes", but is that the reality of what safe smoking kits are, why harm reduction programs are necessary, and how the...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Jim Swift joins us to explain how congress, and more specifically congressional staffers, really works behind the scene and affects how congress does it business. As a former staffer himself, Jim has written about a social media account that is revealing the real life struggles of those working on The Hill, issues like pay and opportunity, how independently wea...

Heard Tell for February 10th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need about another round of bad legislative proposals trying to mandate performative patriotism. This time in West Virginia, with a going nowhere bill wanting high school seniors to swear an other to the constitution in order to graduate high school. But that brings up West Virginia v...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, Guest Dennis Sanders joins us to talk about yet another police shooting in his home city of Minneapolis, this time the Amir Locke killing. We discuss why Minneapolis keeps winding up in the headlines for police violence, the suspect and dangerous use of no-knock warrants, criminal justice reform, social justice, and much more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle...

Heard Tell for February 9th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need about the Canadian Truckers Protests and takeover of Ottawa. We go past the slogans and signs to ask the questions we should of all such movements to find out what they are really about: who are the leaders, and follow the money. We cover a BBC story that wonders why the AstraZenec...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, Garion Frankel joins us to talk about how libraries have become ground zero in the culture wars, and how everything from drag queen story time to pornography has made for national narratives but local messes. Garion gets into why, exactly, the partnership between parent, educator, and/or librarian has broken down, and why it is important to correct that in an informa...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, Travis Nix, who is a student at Georgetown Law and a Young Voices contributor, returns to give us the on-the-ground, first person perspective on what is going on there in the wake of the Ilya Shapiro comments that saw him apologize, but also played on administrative leave, for how he referred to black judges that might be nominated to the Supreme Court. We also talk...

Heard Tell for February 8th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about the China propaganda games masquerading as a Winter Olympics, the ratings that are out, and why folks should be tuning out the games. We update two stories that you, the audience, are asking us to cover in the Canadian Trucker's convoy/protest and the changeover in leadership at CNN. We ha...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, we follow up on the story we covered last week about Veterans Affairs and the bureaucracy that is failing our vets, especially older vets who need care the most with author Ashley Merryman. This story is personal to her as she uses the example of her own family member, explains why those stories break through where the statistics do not, and why we have such a bad re...

Heard Tell for February 7th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about the emerging Mike Pence vs Donald Trump feud that is bubbling up with the former Vice President's recent comments. But why is Pence saying that now, and what does it mean for the future. Also, with what we know about the Amir Locke shooting in Minneapolis there are some troubling trends, a...

Clinical psychologist, writer, author, and podcaster Dr. Kathryn Gordon returns to Heard Tell to talk mental health and healthcare. We talk about how the pandemic and various issues that came with it affected different age groups, how folks adapted, how some did not, and how technology is both a blessing and a curse for fighting isolation. We have a real, grown folk talk about suicide and suicide...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Mark Yzaguirre, an attorney and writer from Houston, Texas, joins us to talk about the changes and evolution of the Latino voter beyond just the national narratives. He has written about his native Rio Grande Valley which is getting attention for how well Republicans are doing with Latino voters in that area, why that is, what it means going forward, and how se...

Heard Tell for February 4th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need regarding President Biden announcing the forming of a "Cancer Cabinet" to have a "cancer moonshot" to "end cancer as we know it"...which we sure hope happens, but brings up a recurring issue with the Biden Administration of promising really big things rhetorically, but not bei...

Guest Dale Cooper of West Virginia Radio Corporation and WCHS Radio joins us to give the local WV perspective on all the national news coverage of Joe Manchin, Jim Justice and Baby Dog and how it doesn't always match the narrative. Also, we talk about how media works from the business side, how it is changing, local vs national coverage of issues, and how WV has always had media that punches f...

Heard Tell for February 3rd, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and gets to the information we need about how ineffective the PPP program was at its stated goal, how the money went everywhere but where it was supposed too, and how once again lack of accountability and transparency is at the root of a government mess. Also, yet another story about Veteran Affairs tangling Vets with bu...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Eric Cunningham of Elections-Daily.com joins Heard Tell to talk about his recent piece at Ordinary-Times.com regarding the "Metaverse", how Big Tech is spending otherworldly money investing in it, and what they hope it will become. Eric, however, thinks trying to make the real world play a fully integrated massive multiplayer online game with real world...

Heard Tell for February 2nd, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and gets to the info we need by applying the "no such things as a leak" principle to the blame shifting stories about the Biden Administration. We revisit the story of the former Royal Marine who prioritized getting pets out of Afghanistan, and now the evidence that embattled UK PM Johnson approved it. We give a...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, Cassandra Shand of Young Voices joins us to talk about Russia and Ukraine, how the crisis got to this point, what China has to do with it, the role of America and NATO going forward, and what Putin might be thinking as he threatens invasion. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, historian & Ordinary Times contributor Eric Medlin joins us to give some historical perspective on third parties, when they have been politically successful in America, and why a serious third party is electorally unlikely these days. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Heard Tell for January 31st, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and gets to the info we need by having not one but two interviews today. First, historian & Ordinary Times contributor Eric Medlin joins us to give some historical perspective on third parties, when they have been politically successful in America, and why a serious third party is electorally unlikely these days. Als...

Guest Brooke Molina joins Heard Tell to talk about the proposed American Innovation and Choice Online Act the senate is consider that is anything but what the name of it implies. Brooke explains how congress targeting companies specifically is a bad idea, is bipartisan, and why it keeps happening. Plus, how consumer choice issues are a better way to explain policy and politics than just buzzwords...

Heard Tell for January 31st, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and gets to the info we need on the who is to blame for the collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh, and what isn't despite being pointed too. We cover the caterwauling over President Biden's promise to nominate a black woman for the Supreme Court and put some context to what some in media are saying about it. We have yet...